Clothes-drier



(No Model.) j '2 sheets-sheet 1. W. J. KAYSER.

CLOTHES DRIER.

No. 469,018. Patntedf'eb. 16, 1892,

2 sheets-sheet 2.

1.) e W. J. KAYSER.

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110.469,018. Patented Feb. 16,1892.

-fNfITEgD STATES PATENT OFFICE.

I VILIIIAM J. KAYSER, OF MILIVAUKEE, IVISCONSIN.

CLOTH ES-DRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 469,018, dated February 16, 1892.

Application filed October l1, 1890. Serial No. 367,808. (No model.)

-To all whom zit may concern:

- Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. KAYsER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee, and in the State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Driers, dac.; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to devices for supporting clothing and other fabrics in proper position for drying after the same have been laundered; and my invention consists in certain peculiar and novel features of construction and arrangement, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan view, partly broken away, of a structure embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is aside elevation of the same; Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detached view of a portion of one of the supporting-arms of the device, showing a number of the line-carriers. Figs. 5, 6, and 7 are separate perspective views of the parts of the apparatus which are located at the top of the post.

The objects of my invention are to produce a structure which shall be simple, durable, and inexpensive in construction and which shall be adapted for a great variety of uses; also to produce a structure which shall economize space, and at the same time be capable of receiving a large number of articles for drying or display, and finally to provide a structure the supporting-arms of which shall be readily variable in position to accord with the requirements of different kinds of articles suspended therefrom. These results I attain by virtue of the construction which Iwill now proceed to describe.

In the said drawingaA designates the vertical post or support of the device, the upper part only of which is shown, but which is intended to be of any required length or height, as circumstances may suggest. This post is preferably angular in cross-section, and u pon' its upper end is placed a cap B, which is preferably an integral casting corresponding in form to the post A and having a number of pendent extensions b, each of which is preferably V-shaped, as shown, to embrace the edges of the post A. This cap is secured in position upon the post'A by a number of screws C, which pass through the angles of the extensions b and enter the post A, asis best shown in Fig. 2. The outer portions of these screws protrude horizontally beyond the `extensions b, and extend each through the hub of an anti-friction wheel or roller D, the said rollers or wheels being thus invertical position, as shown.- A Vertical rod or pin E extends upward from the center of the top of the cap B, and is externally screw-threaded at its upper end to receive an internallythreaded nut F, for a purpose to be presently explained.

Immediately above the cap B is placed a horizontal diskshaped platform G, which rests upon the rollers or Wheels D,and which carries on its upper side a central hollow vertical boss or hub g, through which extends the pin E above described. At its margin this platform carries on its upper side two horizontal sockets g g', which, together with the boss or hub g, are preferablyintegral with the said platform. Thesesockctsarepreferablysquare l or angular in cross-section and extend radially of the platform at opposite sides of a line drawn longitudinally through the center ofthe platform. Into each of these sockets g is inserted the inner end of a horizontal supporting arm or bar H, the two arms thus extending oppositely from each other, as shown-in Fig. 1. Midway between the two sockets g and in the margin of the platform Gr is formed a notch or recess g2, for a purpose to be presently explained.

Immediately above the platform G is located a second platform I, also preferably of disk form and carrying onits under side a central hollow hub or boss t', through which the pin E passes also. At opposite points upon its under side, near themargin thereof and on opposite sides of a line drawn longitudinally through the center of the platform, the latter carries two sockets t" t. These sockets are preferably square or angular -in cross-section, and they, together with the boss t', are preferably integral with the platform I. These sockets t" receive each the inner end of a supporting arm or bar Il', the said arms IOO from each other, as shown in Fig. l. Midway between the two sockets il and at its margin the upper platform I carries a pivoted gravity-dog 2, which is designed for engagement with thenotch. g2 of the lower platform, as will be presently explained.

It will be seen that the two platforms Gand I are held in proper operative relation by the nut F, and that normally the two pairs of arms extend at right angles to each other, as shown in solid lines in Fig. l. In this position of the parts the dog i2 is engaged in the notch g2 and the device is adapted to serve as a clothesdrier, the clothes' being suspended from a line attached to the arms H H', preferably in the mannerto be hereinafter explained. When, however, heavier articles-such as carpets, outer clothing, or the like-are to be suspended from the arms H H', the dog 2 is raised out of the notch g?A and the upper platform is swung around, so that the two pairs of arms shall extend parallel with each, other, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. l, and in this position theA dog i2 is dropped into a notch g3, formed in the margin of'platform G, adjacent to one of its sockets g. rlhe twoy bars which lie together thus possess unitedly sufficient strength to support heavy articles which could not be supported by oneI bar alone. To the under side of one of the barsas, for example, a bar H-is attached a U.- shaped spring K, one end of which isv secured by two or more screws lo, andthe opposite end la of which preferably extends downward and outward, as shown in Fig. 2. Upon the under side. of this, bar and of the others also are secured in longitudinal alignment a number of cleats L, each of which is of double-L form. On the upper side of each cleat, at thejuncture of` its two arms, is formed a, teat m, which entersfa corresponding depression in the under side of the supporting-arm, and through one of the said cleat-arms extends anattachingscrewA m', which enters said supporting-arm. The opposite. arm of the cleat is formed on its upper side with a swell or enlargementmf. From this construction it will be understood that a knot is formed' in one end of a line-N, and; said line is inserted above the bend of spring K, the knot preventing accidental detachment of the line from sai-d spring. The supporting-arms H H being placed as shown in solid lines in Fig. l, (with the dog i2 in the notch gi).- the line is passed successively in vol'uteformor strands overtheswells m2of cleats ing-post, and that it is compact, durable, and simple in construction and readily manipulated. l

It is to be observed that the lower platform G extends over the wheels or rollers D, and

under side of the platform frictional resistance is ver-y materially decreased, andthe device is adapted to rotate more freely about the central pin than if the rollers were arranged to have more than one point of frictional engagement with the other parts of the device. f

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l., An improved device for drying clothes, comprising a supporting-post, a cap-piece covering the samescrewsf extending throughsaid cap into. the post and, arranged to proj ect-outside 'of saidv cap, a platform centrally supported. upon said; cap and providedv with supporting-arms, and anti-friction rollers journaled upon the outer ends of said screws at the outside of said cap and having frictional engagement only at their upper Sides with the under surface of the platform, substantially as4 described.

2. An improved device for drying clothes, comprising a number of platforms-` carrying oppositely-disposed sockets, one of said platforms being marginally notched or recessed, and a dog carried by another platform an-d engaging the'said notches to retain the platforms in d-ierent position-s of adjustment, substantially as set forth.

3. An improved device forl drying clothes, comprising a snpport, a cap-piece therefor, attaching-screws for the cap-piece, anti-friction rollers supported byy said screws, a centering-pin, a num-ber of, socket-carrying platforms centered upon; saidpifn,one of said platforms being marginally notched, and a dog carried by another platform and engaging said notches to retain the platformsin different positions of adjustment, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the forego-ingl have hereunto set my hand,at.Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukeeand State o-f NViscon.sin,in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM J. KAYSER.

Witnesses:

H. G. UNDERWOOD, JNO. L. OoNDRoN.

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